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Canine Africanus

Author: Faf
Date: Tuesday, September 14, 2004
Date/Time: 02:31 GMT
Permanent URL: http://dotfaf.com/archives/20040914_canine_africanus.php

Ok stop that sniffling and hold that thougut on the ass jokes. It's a remote latin word-play on "African Dog".

I'll give you an excerpt from RaggaeDancer's account of her recent trip to Ghana. She's white, American, never been to Ghana, just got married in Ghana [to a Ghanaian] so it's really quite a useful point of view that she tells her story from.

My favorite part of the whole account:


My husband fed the resident dog (whom no body claimed) chicken bones. I explained to him that chicken bones are not good for dogs because they are brittle and crack and can splice off into slivers and [lodge] into the dogs esophogus or stomach lining causing internal bleeding and bacterial infections leading to an eventually slow and painful death if not taken to the vet to be treated. My husband and his cousin started laughing and said, NOT an African dog!

See now, RaggaeDancer... you've just gone and given them reason to stop feeding the bones to the dogs now. How mean!

Read the whole account here[1]


Comments on this entry:

Author: Emerald
Date/Time: September 14, 2004 3:56 PM
Email: anon@anon.com

Hi Faf...laughed a lot while reading R/D's accounting of her trip. It brought back memories of my own trip to Ghana. I did eat bush meat, but never saw it other than in the cooking pot or I might have had second thoughts. Anyway, it was fun reading and if she is strong and diverse then I too will join her :). Ghana is an enlightening and also wonderful experience. I visited so many places..saw so much..tell her to go to Paga and see the crocodiles..lol. I too had a great time in Ghana..will never forget the trip or my friends there. Congratulations on your marriage R/D if you see this. I could write many stories about my own time spent in Ghana...feels like yesterday...take care, Faf :).


Author: Tiffany
Date/Time: September 18, 2004 12:22 AM

Gee, I always thought that "chicken bones kill dogs" was a myth. My dad always said that chicken bones make a dog's fur shiny, but now that I know the truth I guess I'll have to stick to giving my dogs steak bones and be grateful that they've survived this long. Thanks for updating, and the interesting tidbits (now I know what to expect if I ever have an African dog). Will have to read the whole account soon.



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